I thought this vintage video was really neat. The surfing stunts are impressive and it was interesting to see Waikiki Beach back when it wasn’t saturated with hotels. (FYI, the last few seconds of the video oddly switch over to sumo wrestling, so you can give that a skip if you want.) Enjoy!
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I LOVE It!
Me too, Dave!
Pretty cool 🙂